Pitching was the name of the game Friday, the Jays pitchers had a one hitter, a two hitter and a three hitter as the affiliates recorded four wins in five games. Four Lansing pitchers combined on a one hitter. Lansing themselves had only four hits but two of them were round trippers. The GCL Jays had three pitchers combine on a two hitter. The Jays had only five hits but one of them was a three run home run by Michael Crouse. Three Fisher Cat hurlers combined on a three hitter and the hitters took it from there. Auburn won a slug fest while Las Vegas lost despite a big night from Brett Wallace.
Dunedin and the DSL Jays were rained out.
The Rommie Lewis as starter experiment hit a speed bump on Friday. Lewis was gone in the third inning having allowed seven runs. Lance Broadway followed Lewis and he gave up three runs in his first full inning so Las Vegas trailed 10-2 in the fourth inning.
Brett Wallace went 3-5 including a three run home run and an rbi double. Danny Perales was 2-4 with a home run. But the 51's were never in it.
JP Arencibia went 0-5. Brad Emaus was 1-3 with a walk.
This game was interrupted by rain in the fourth. Zach Stewart pitched three shutout innings but had to leave after a lengthy rain delay. Clint Everts replaced Stewart and gave up two runs in the fourth.
But New Hampshire mounted a comeback. In the fifth Adeiny Hechavarria singled, stole second and third and scored on a single by Darin Mastroianni. In the sixth Jon Diaz doubled with the bases loaded to make it a 4-2 game. Mastroianni singled in Diaz and the score was 5-2. In the sixth a run scored on an error. Vincent Bongiovanni pitched three hitless innings to finish up. In all New Britain had three hits, one off Stewart and two off Everts.
Mastroianni went 3-4 to move his average up to .314. Hechavarria, Cooper and Jaspe had two hits each. Travis Snider was 0-2 and was removed after the rain delay.
Dunedin at Bradenton - Postponed
Ryan Tepera pitched five innings of one hit ball. The hit off him came in the fifth inning and it was an infield hit to third base. Scott Gracey followed with two perfect innings, and Matt Wright and Nestor Molina finished up with a hitless inning each.
Lansing scored a run in the first, two walks and a single loaded the bases with no outs, and a sac fly by Brad Glenn scored Kenny Wilson. That was all for the Lugnuts in that inning so they went to the long ball, Kevin Ahrens homered in the fourth and Sean Ochinko in the fifth. Lansing had only four hits.
Auburn used five pitchers, four of whom gave up runs. The final pitcher, Dayton Marze, got the last four outs and for now is the most reliable pitcher at the back of the Auburn bullpen.
Auburn scored four runs in the first inning capped by a two run home run from Lance Durham. Auburn scored five times in the fifth, doubles by Oliver Dominguez, Carlos Perez and John Roberts, as well as another single by Durham delivered the hits in the inning.
Perez, Durham and Dominguez had two hits each.
Three pitchers combined on a 2 hitter and Michael Crouse hit a three run home run.
Noah Syndergaard pitched two innings and gave up one hit. Deivy Estrada, who had his 18th birthday on Thursday, pitched five innings of one hit ball and struck out seven. Milciades Santana pitched a perfect ninth.
The Jays had five hits, by five hitters. Crouse's bomb was the big one, Jake Marisnick also had a double.
DSL Jays - Postponed
Three Stars
3rd star - Deivy Estrada
2nd star - Ryan Tepera
1st star - Michael Crouse
